IDOL LIVE predix: Wild card selections

These predictions should be the easiest ones for the whole season. It could not be more apparent by the judges' inclusion of such cannon fodder as Jesse Langseth and Ricky Braddy in their selections as to whom they already chose for the final three spots of the Top 12. Tonight's pointless episode is nothing more than an hourlong, 20-million-viewer-attracting bottle of Elmer's for commercials. But hey, what else are we to expect from this show?

Read my predictions below.

Here are you preconceived wild card finalists:

>Megan Corkrey
>Anoop Desai
>Matt Giraud

If necessary...

>Jasmine Murray

Megan making it is a 100% lock. She has everything the judges (especially Simon) want in a female contestant, and if they could languish her with praise after her sputtering, awkward version of "Put Your Records On," they will put her through regardless of what she sings tonight.

Anoop should have made it over Michael Sarver in Group 1, so this will be a way for the judges to cancel out that embarassment. His name alone should have got him in the first time based on how this season has been going.

Matt Giraud will pick the right song, which will grant him the spot because they all loved him in Hollywood Week. Unless he sings "Viva la Vida" again, he's going nowhere but the finals.

The reason Jasmine is listed above as a possible pick is if they follow through on what has been a rumor circling for months now that the "big twist" we are all awaiting for the Top 12 is that there will not be a Top 12, rather there will be a Top 13. This would be a first in the series' history and probably should not be a possibility because it would screw everything up. But if in fact they do follow through on the threat, Jasmine will get it so long as she sings something by Rihanna. If she does not do this one simple thing, she can kiss her spot in a theoretical Top 13 goodbye.

How's that for a wild card showdown?

I am 6-9 in picking the Top 12 advancees after last night's predictions, so it doesn't really matter anymore whether or not I'm right in terms of reaching for an A. Looks like I'll have to settle for a C-.